Bob Starr was delighted with his vibe-coded website. "Boomberg" showed how much US tax money is going to tech companies, and Starr launched it online immediately after making it. It wasn't until months after the site went live that he realized there was a problem: a hidden SQL injection risk. It could've left the site open for an attacker to read or alter data they shouldn't have access to. "It was just a glaring oversight on my part. It was a complete blindspot in my state of learning this new technology and understanding it, and I'm sure there are others making the same mistake," said Starr, a project manager in the tech sector."It was …Read the full story at The Verge.

But the Xbox Series X is kind of like two Steam Machines! | Photo: Kelsey McClellan / The Verge Valve finally announced the price of the Steam Machine, and like a lot of new gadgets these days, it's not cheap: It starts at $1,049 for a 512GB model, and a 2TB model costs $300 more. Configurations with a bundled Steam Controller cost an extra $79 each.Despite Valve offering a console alternative with the Steam Machine - a compact piece of hardware that can easily hook up to your TV to play your Steam library - those prices mean the Machine is much more expensive than console counterparts like the PS5 ($599.99), Xbox Series X ($649.99), and PS5 Pro ($899.99) while performing similarly to a PS5. (Those console prices are also higher than …Read the full story at The Verge.

The more I get into self-hosting apps, the more I worry about things like uptime, and server health, and everything that comes with being a sysadmin. My home lab has grown over the years, with several servers now humming along with Proxmox loaded with LXCs and VMs, and a big network rack to have even more fun with concepts.

Keeping your GPU cool while it crunches through the most graphically intense games out there has really evolved over the decades. Manufacturers began adding more and more fans until there was no more room, and when people needed more, we started adding entire closed water cooling systems just to keep our red-hot hardware at a suitable running temperature.

Usually, when something weird happens with Windows 11, it's due to a Patch Tuesday update going wrong. After all, Patch Tuesday is when the Redmond giant releases its big monthly update for its operating system, which opens the door for things to go wrong.

Usually, games never breach the player counts they attained at launch. Updates and DLCs can bump the number up again, but usually, the people who have already shown interest in the game have bought it. We rarely see a game exceed the player count it got at launch, and it's even rarer for games that released a decade ago.

The world of Linux kernel development never sleeps. Linux 7.1 has only just been released, and people are already getting code added to Linux 7.2's build. Fortunately, because open-source software's development tends to be, you know, open, we can see all the changes Linus Torvalds is accepting to the Linux 7.2 kernel as they happen.

The Steam Machine is a cool little console that's about as powerful as a PlayStation 5, according to my colleague Sean Hollister's in-depth review. But one area where it lags behind is with its earlier version of AMD FSR upscaler: It's just not as good as it should be. Yes, it can sharpen low-res graphics to make games look higher-res, but the PS5 (and especially the PS5 Pro) render a clearer image in motion with some games we compared.That's not great news for the Steam Machine, especially since it's launching at $1,049 for the 512GB version - a higher price than anyone hoped for. But there is some hope that games on the console will look …Read the full story at The Verge.

The Steam Machine is here, but getting one is a little complicated. Valve is taking preorders using a reservation system, which is intended to make the process more fair and harder for bots to exploit. However, it's a bit different than the $5 reservations Valve used for the Steam Deck. Starting today, you can sign up for a chance to reserve the Steam Machine, choosing from four different options:Steam Machine 512GB: $1,049 / $1,509 CAD / €1,039 / £879 / $1,609 AUD / 4,389 zlotysSteam Machine 512GB with Steam Controller: $1,128 / $1,628 CAD / €1,108 / £938 / $1,728 AUD / 4,698 zlotysSteam Machine 2TB: $1,349 / $1,919 CAD / €1,35 …Read the full story at The Verge.

If you don't get lucky with Valve's Steam Machine reservation system, you can make your own Steam Machine instead. Valve says that "starting with the SteamOS 3.8 release, you can put together your own Steam Machine using whatever PC parts you want." SteamOS 3.8.10 launched last week with a slew of updates, including "improved compatibility with recent Intel and AMD platforms." Alongside that improved compatibility, Valve is giving gamers the green light to install SteamOS on their own desktops. In an interview with The Verge, Valve's Pierre-Loup Griffais said Valve has been "rolling out improvements to [SteamOS] so it's more compatible wit …Read the full story at The Verge.

The Windows taskbar is in the perfect position to serve as a productivity hub, yet it feels criminally underutilized. The Start Menu feels like a way for Microsoft to push its own apps, the widgets don't feel like much more than distractions, and I still manage to click the wrong thing when looking for items in my system tray.

The deal is reportedly non-exclusive, and will span “multiple projects over time.” | Image by The Verge Google's DeepMind AI lab is teaming up with A24 to develop new movie production technologies that aim to help future filmmakers "expand their storytelling possibilities." As part of this new research and development collaboration, The Wall Street Journal reports that Google is investing "around $75 million" into A24, marking the first time the search giant has taken a stake in a film studio."The collaboration pairs a world-leading research lab with the industry's most filmmaker-forward studio to help artists develop new workflows and techniques," Google said in its announcement blog. "This ensures the tools of the future are shaped by the …Read the full story at The Verge.